

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ashes to Ashes
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Cremation is now more popular than burial, and this tour spotlights Laurel Hill West’s columbaria. This site is the final resting place for many notable Philadelphians, including Joseph Beam (author and activist), Lon Jourdet (Penn basketball coach and “zone defense” pioneer), Elizabeth Snellenberger (Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee), and other figures from politics, and entertainment. There’s even a Great War Austrian cavalryman!

Generously sponsored by Carol R. Yaster and William J. Levant, Esq.

Tour Guide: Joe Lex

COST

$20/General Admission (Ages 13 and up)
$18/Seniors (Ages 65+) and Students with ID
$15/Members of the Friends of Laurel Hill
$10/Youth (Ages 6-12)
$2/Access Card Holders (can purchase up to 4 tickets) **
Free/Ages 5 and under
** Access Card + Valid Photo I.D. must be presented at check-in.

Please note – youth and children must be accompanied by an adult.

Advanced ticket purchases are strongly encouraged. Tickets purchased at the door are credit card only or exact change.

DIRECTIONS

We will depart from the FUNERAL HOME at Laurel Hill West

Click here for directions to Laurel Hill West.
Laurel Hill West Cemetery is located at 225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 (GPS directions: 321 Belmont Avenue).
When you enter the cemetery through the main gates off Belmont Avenue,  the Funeral Home is on your left.
Free parking is available behind the Funeral Home.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/merion-station/ashes-to-ashes/200029863203432
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://laurelhillphl.com/event/ashes-to-ashes-0426/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=merion+station-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Merion Station
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: West Laurel Hill Cemetery
- **lat**: 40.0155815
- **long**: -75.2201933
- **full address**: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 215 Belmont Avenue,Merion Station, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Friends of Laurel Hill (https://allevents.in/org/friends-of-laurel-hill/20156539)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/e29a7f82d6974851ed68cb0957daf5364c0d112c3a64cd4680b1139877ea0d3c-rimg-w300-h300-dceff2f9-gmir?v=1774543412

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 215 Belmont Avenue,Merion Station, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Friends of Laurel Hill
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Ashes to Ashes ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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